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Summary: Elegant Classy Novel
Review: A lonely weaver becomes poor after being robbed by some rich snobs that need money fast, but in turn recieves a baby at the foot of his steps, only to find out that those two elements that affected his life greatly will twist like vines and create a huge impact on his quiet meek lifestyle.
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Summary: Inspirirng and deeply moving *sniff*
Review: A believable touching novel about a daughter's love for her "father". An elder weaver, SILAS MARNER, is robbed of his most beloved posession: money. What brings him back to earth and life is a baby who ends up on his steps. The loving relationship of a father and daughter.George Eliots short yet sweet novel that deserves much more respect and attention that it is given with the overshadowing of the highly ADAM BEDE and widely recommended THE MILL ON THE FLOSS, SILAS MARNER is a work that every classic books lover needs to read.
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Summary: Weaver greives, recieves payment in return: a baby girl
Review: A thoughtful novella about a greedy heartless old man who's life savings is robbed but is in turn given a baby girl. Both posessions were in a way stolen, both were worth it's price, and the prior owners will do anything possible to get it back. A creative and surprisingly touching novel, written in such a way that you KNOW that George Eliot was just a psudonym of a gifted woman writer.
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Summary: Deep and inciteful; vague yet clear; well-put together
Review: I thought Silas Marner was a good book. I was assigned to read it for school and I thought it wasn't going to appeal to me. I found that I enjoyed it thoroughly. It kind of started off slow but after that I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: A slow start......but ultimetly a good finish
Review: i thought Silas Marner was an o.k. book. It was not something i would choose to read on my own, because at times i found it to be rather boring and uninteresting.
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Summary: this book was a great display of writing technique.
Review: I feel that anyone who is interested in classics would also take a liking to this novel.
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Summary: Really really really boring...
Review: After reading this terribly long and boring book, I found myself slamming my head against the wall in a vain attempt to dislodge the terrible memory of it. I am terribly dissappointed that I cannot give it 0 stars.
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Summary: Good message, but hard to wade through
Review: Overall I enjoyed this book a lot, though it is sometimes hard to understand. I found that seeing the movie version before or after reading segements of the novel helped me visualize and comprehend the action more. I particularly enjoyed seeing a book showing how greed and denouncing religion and charity only backfire. I also wish people who are about to give up their children for adoption would read it, to make them think about the precious gift they are surrendering. It also illustrates how unfair it is to try to reclaim a child you give up. On both the surface and deeper meanings, it is a good novel.
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Summary: Sluggish at best
Review: I couldn't bear reading this book for long periods of time because I would fall asleep. It does have a theme and a moral, although a seemingly generic one at that. I don't want to overly influence anyone's decision to read this book, but think twice if you don't like extremely slow moving books.
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Summary: A deeply philosophical work, running against recieved morals
Review: It is interesting to note briefly George Eliot's background when setting out to examine the novel from the standpoint of a moral or religious philosopher. Brought up in a strict evangelical home, and sent to a school institution run along similar lines, she rejected this evangelicalism, forging a sort of broadly "Christian" humanism, which undeniably belonged strongly to Eliot. This is powerfully evident in 'Silas Marner'. Marner's rejection by the Leeds brethren on the grounds that he had stolen the church revenue, (when in fact he had be 'framed' all along,) led to his rejection of evangelical beliefs. As he moves away to ply his trade as a weaver, "his God" remains in the congregation in the city. Faith belonged not to him, but to a particular place. He replaces his religion, with the worship of Mammon - drawing comfort from his gold pieces. When these are stolen, his world falls apart once again. It is then that the child Eppie comes into his life, and becomes his ambition. Thus, she is seen by some as a "Christ-child", in turning him from is love of the material, but importantly she is seen as the fulfilment of NATURAL JUSTICE - a concept which Eliot clearly espouses. The other predominant theme in the book, is the conflict between Nature and Nurture. As Eppie's natural father - the wealthy Godfrey Cass, a victim of circumstance who disclaimed the child - tries to claim her back at the age of eighteen she refuses. Thus, against the recieved morality of the time, nurture wins over nature, and a poor but contented way of life is chosen over one of status. The other notable feature of the book is its fairy tale quality. The first two chapters serve as an introdution to the scenario, but the third chapter, introducing village life in Raveloe, has a definate fairy tale quality about it, as does the sickly-sweet end. A radical and deeply profound, thought provoking work, it is a must for any student or lover of Victorian Literature, and should not be overlooked as it ha! s been in the past.
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